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Amazon rolled out a dedicated Cloud Player for Macs on Tuesday, allowing users to manage their music libraries on computers or in the cloud and even access files offline. The news comes about five months after the company introduced the Cloud Player ...

As part of its mission to bring its music service "everywhere," Amazon announced the release of a dedicated Cloud Player app for desktop PCs Monday. The release comes less than a week after Amazon announced iOS compatibility with Ford Sync-enabled ve...

For the first time, Amazon's streaming music service, Cloud Player, will be making its way into iOS users' cars. The company announced Wednesday that subscribers can now use the app on their iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad devices to play music in Ford Sy...

Amazon announced Wednesday that it is bringing its AutoRip program to vinyl records. Amazon launched AutoRip for CDs in January as a way to give customers free MP3 versions of CDs they've purchased since 1998. Starting today, customers who buy an Aut...

Amazon's cloud-based music service is now accessible to owners of iPhones and iPod touch devices. The app allows users to stream music files they've purchased from Amazon or uploaded to Amazon's cloud-based storage service. Up to 5 GB of MP3 (.mp3) a...

It's been a huge week for digital music lockers. First Apple made iTunes Match available to U.S. customers, then Google Music launched. These two services are competing with with Amazon's Cloud Player (which is integrated with the new Kindle Fire) in...

A Spanish-language blog has leaked what are purported to be screenshots from the new Google Music Store, a service that the company may announce on Wednesday. The blog, TechnoDroidVe, appears to be based in Venezuela. Its authors claim they got acces...

It turns out Apple wasn't responsible for the disappearance of the Amazon Cloud Player app aMusic from the App Store. The app was removed at Amazon's request. When the app, an unofficial iOS client for Amazon's Cloud Player service, disappeared from ...

Update: We've heard from the developer who tells us the app was pulled at the request of Amazon, not Apple. We're following up on this story and will update with additional information. An iPhone app that allows users to access Amazon Cloud Player ha...

Amazon Cloud Player, the online retailer's cloud-based music service, is striking back at its competitors with unlimited music storage and a web app for iPad. The changes affect all new purchases of Cloud Drive storage plans. If a user spends $20 for...

Apple unveiled a heaping helping of news at WWDC 2011, the Apple developers’ conference, on Monday. And, as always when innovations come to light, we've been thinking about what preexisting services would be disrupted. From its camera to the cloud, A...

On Tuesday, Apple made the unusual decision to pre-announce its software lineup for next week's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which includes its long-rumored cloud-based services offering, iCloud. The Wall Street Journal has reported additi...

Amazon released its first quarter earnings today, and while the ecommerce giant increased sales by 38%, its income decreased by 33%, thanks to a massive wave of hiring and a 42% increase in operating expenses. Business is booming for Amazon. The comp...

PJ Gurumohan is the co-founder and CEO of GENWI, a cloud-based mobile presence creation and management platform. He holds two patents in wireless technology, has authored several journal articles, routinely speaks at technology conferences and has he...

The music industry is reportedly furious with Amazon over Cloud Player, the e-commerce giant's new music streaming service. The conflict has the potential to boil over into court and place consumers in the crossfire. Amazon Cloud Player allows users ...

Want to access Amazon's new Cloud Player from your iOS device? We've found a serviceable, if hackneyed, solution. Amazon launched its Cloud Player and Cloud Drive services Tuesday, offering users a way to access their music files from a web browser a...

Welcome to this morning’s edition of “First To Know,” a series in which we keep you in the know on what’s happening in the digital world. We’re keeping our eyes on three particular stories of interest today. Apple Might Delay iPhone 5 Release Apple c...

Amazon has made its entry into the music streaming world with Amazon Cloud Player. Rather than stream a library of predetermined music (e.g. Pandora, Spotify), Cloud Player lets you upload your existing music library and stream it from any computer o...

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